Tommy James Quotes
If I don't get at least 1 email in any given hour, I begin to think my friends are conspiring against me.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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I was a late bloomer. I was 38 when my first book was out and 43 when my first crime novel was out. I had a story that could only be told as a crime story. I think the genre is good; it deals with the fundamental questions of life and death. The problem is there are too many bad crime stories.
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In the Middle East, we don't have the luxury to indulge in fantasy.
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I do believe that I will see the apocalypse in my lifetime. And when it comes, I'm not repenting for anything I've done.
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I'm fascinated by how much has changed from one generation to another. There are young people growing up now for whom apartheid is just a distant memory and the idea of military service is an abstract notion.
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Whenever you manage more than 100 attorneys, there's always going to be attorneys who believe that someone isn't as good as they are.
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Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.
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The wish to talk to God is absurd. We cannot talk to one we cannot comprehend - and we cannot comprehend God; we can only believe in Him. The uses of prayer are thus only subjective.
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Manhood is what we profess, and what we try to get across.
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People will never stop having kids, and people will never stop spending money on them to make sure they're safe, healthy, and educated.
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I just like stuff that's raw, itself, real and genuine. I think that's the way art should be. That's the kind of stuff that people can connect to more.
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Steak and its accompaniments - wine, vegetables, potatoes and generous desserts - is a primal source of pleasure to which many people can relate.
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A dream job is to walk right past hair and makeup.
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I'm usually convinced that what I'm working on is a total disaster.
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I was wired to be intense. I don't think that's ever going to change.
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Reddit offers the opportunity for us as humans to connect on a much deeper, broader level because users have an alter ego and aren't tied to a social network of friends with whom they want to share how perfect their lives are.
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To me, the band is like one of my homes, in fact. It's not like, 'I've got to get out of this band. I've got to go home.' This band is home in a lot of ways. It's my closest friends; it's a place where I really feel comfortable and happy.
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The problem with working under an outside label is that your music never seems to reach the right people.
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Living big and joyful and content is almost always the result of our finding satisfaction in life's ordinary day-to-day pleasures. And God must be fond of them, too, for He made so many of them for us to enjoy.
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If I don't get at least 1 email in any given hour, I begin to think my friends are conspiring against me.
